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0144	Southern Tibet : vol.4
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crossed we also, to judge from Rawling's map, along a very short stretch came in
contact with his route. But to the S. E. in the country we were now going to
cross, no European had ever been.

Having left the little range behind, we had open and favourable country to
the S. E. and E. S. E., in which direction we marched on October 14th for 12.3 km.,
descending in all 107 m. or at a rate of 1 : 115.

First we cross the erosion bed of Camp XXXVIII and soon after it another
which joins it. A few minutes later there is a third bed joining the first two and
together with them piercing the hills to the south of our route. The ground lies in
very flat undulations, forcing us up and down at very insignificant gradients. After
a while we again cross a flat trough from the edges of which several dry watercourses
gather to one principal erosion furrow piercing the range of hills south of our route.
Through the opening of its valley the country to the S. 15° W. seems to be com-
paratively level, at any rate no high mountains are visible, only low, dark ridges at
a great distance. The ground is gravelly and light reddish. To our left are low
rounded red hills forming a ridge which farther on becomes higher and is alterna-
tely black, red and dark violet.

Crossing a very insignificant flat threshold, we enter a new open trough bounded
by the same ranges as the previous ones. Some watercourses from the mountains
to our left are crossed. They join and pierce the range to our right in an open
transverse valley, through which we see to the S. 30° W., a fairly considerable rounded
peak with snow, being the highest mount visible now and still at a distance of 5
or 6 days' march. The country we had seen to the S. S. W. through these gates
as through the openings of a gallery, seemed to be at a lower level than the region
where we passed. Here grass was abundant, forming stripes and belts in the sand
and gravel. It was a perfect steppe of good yellow grass. Camp XXXIX was
pitched at the foot of a red hill where a rather big erosion bed went down south-
wards. It was 85 m. broad and 3 m. deep and contained some running water above
the camp; it was directed to the south.

From a point a little elevated above its surroundings and situated 1.5 km.
west of Camp XXXIX, Pan. 54A and 54B, Tab. 9, was taken showing both the
moderate range to the N. N. E. and N. E. and the low range pierced by the different
watercourses. To the right of S. 87° E., where the country appears very open, our
route continues towards Camp XL.

Had the march from Camp XXXVII to Camp XXXVIII formed a convex line
over a flat range, the march from Camp XXXIX to Camp XL formed a concave
line crossing a very flat depression. The direction was E. S. E., the distance 10.5 km.,
and the diminution in height 100 m., as Camp XL had a height of only 5,000 m.
The rate of the slope was thus as 1 : 105.

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